This Personality Trait Predicts Successhttp://www.businessinsider.com/conscientiousness-predicts-success-2014-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:46:49 -0400Drake Baerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5367e6656bb3f74d5616ebc6Gerad VMon, 05 May 2014 15:28:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5367e6656bb3f74d5616ebc6
"The only major personality trait that consistently leads to success is conscientiousness." (Baer, 2014). '"consciousnesses' is hot-linked to research paper.
"We conclude that global measures of the Conscientiousness dimension have a rather moderate impact on performance, although this validity does appear rather stable and generalizable across occupations and criteria. Although they are less generalizable, we also conclude that personality traits other than Conscientiousness are nearly equally important for certain occupations and criteria." (Hurtz and Donovan, 2000, p.9).
I do not challenge you on the characteristics of conscientiousness. However, your claim that conscientiousness is the ONLY trait associated with success is bold and does not represent the research paper you cited. Mr. Baer, you are representing a scientific paper. I ask that you properly read such papers and represent it as is.
Bibliography
Baer, Drake (2014, April 30). This Is The Personality Trait That Most Often Predicts Success. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/conscientiousness-predicts-success-2014-4#ixzz30rxVexQ0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.businessinsider.com/conscientiousness-predicts-success-2014-4#ixzz30rxVexQ0</a>
Hurtz, Gregory M., Donovan, John J. (2000). Personality and Job Performance: The Big Five Revisited. Retrieved from
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and in related news the trait that highly correlates with getting lucky is good looks and a fat wallet...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536276c86bb3f7c6610e7b78Isaiah HankelThu, 01 May 2014 12:31:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536276c86bb3f7c6610e7b78
I knew there had to be a scientific reason for being organised! Great article man!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361e4d36bb3f71f53d1f9cepushbuttonchimpThu, 01 May 2014 02:08:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361e4d36bb3f71f53d1f9ce
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early,
and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in
a way that, unless you were born rich, it is difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts,
that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for
ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are
better than we are. They are different. --F. Scott Fitzgeraldhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53619223eab8eaf824c6b61cwvWed, 30 Apr 2014 20:15:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53619223eab8eaf824c6b61c
Basically the opposite of someone who is obsessed.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361725e69bedd93060e057cSouthern GentWed, 30 Apr 2014 17:59:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361725e69bedd93060e057c
Why would that preclude them from happiness? Not everyone has the same definition.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361718869bedd3a130e057calex.bonesteel.1Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:56:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361718869bedd3a130e057c
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My ability to struggle through my failures gave me perspective on what is really important and made me an all around better person.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53616c2deab8ea3227c6b619jamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWed, 30 Apr 2014 17:33:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53616c2deab8ea3227c6b619
Well said.
I wear both hats, have been in both roles, and hired for both types ...
It's dam hard isn't it?
One of my brightest and most talented young guys I almost fired 100 times ... my rule was 'sleep on it' ... I did, and I never fired him. Lucky for both of us :).
Innovation *necessarily* requires breakage, chaos and adaptation. In a changing business environment, pure 'corporate' types will kill you within a couple of product cycles. You need to be challenged internally as much as externally.
That said, some industries, like insurance etc. are better off without too much agitation.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53616187eab8ea247ec6b617gmjWed, 30 Apr 2014 16:48:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53616187eab8ea247ec6b617
If I were staffing a large organization, I would want conscientious people in most roles. But my experience is that brilliant creative people can be chaotic and undisciplined, and a real handful to manage. I'm not making excuses for them; it's just the way they are. So, hiring managers and HR people, you have a choice. Go for creative genius, or go for well-organized, well-groomed stereotypical corporate employees. Remember that the cranky genius that you don't hire may end up at your competition. IMO, hiring a new person for a high-skill creative role is one of the toughest, most nerve-wracking jobs there is in the business world. And let's face it, there is a lot of luck involved.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53615de16bb3f7316bd1f9c7SillyKnightWed, 30 Apr 2014 16:32:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53615de16bb3f7316bd1f9c7
Man, you are cynical, but I like that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53615aeaeab8ead96128bb68Hristo ItchovWed, 30 Apr 2014 16:19:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53615aeaeab8ead96128bb68
The question is though, are they happy and do they feel free. I doubt it. They just seem highly bound to society's norms and expectations.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536153816bb3f769490c4b3eAlexey V.S.Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:48:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536153816bb3f769490c4b3e
Conscientious behaviour only predicts success in people who either follow their own rules or the rules that are beneficial to them. In all other instances they are called canon fodder or a sacrificial lamb.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361305c69bedd73041d2fe2LaurazzWed, 30 Apr 2014 13:18:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5361305c69bedd73041d2fe2
I guess it depends on what you're definition of success is. I think a lot of people who are ultra successful in terms of wealth have gotten there by cutting corners and by screwing over other people. Maybe this article is defining success as being upper middle class - e.g. earning at least 6 figures vs. gaining extreme wealth.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536123956bb3f7e3160c4b3cjamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:23:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/536123956bb3f7e3160c4b3c
Ok - so now the 1% are Scientifically proven to be the most 'conscientious'?
Which is it, hippy?
In fact, if you had to pick only one trait for success in the classical sense, it would be 'grit'.
I suggest 'conscientiousness' is the most important factor to holding a stable job and being generally happy, as the studies show, but I don't think it applies to guys like Steve Jobs - who would not pay for child support (!) - and Elon Musk, who dumps his wife and 5 kids for a girl 1/2 his age and married her only a few weeks after meeting her ... are acts of 'conscientiousness'. Michael Jordan is a notorious asshole, as is Tiger Woods.
Finally, 'conscientiousness' in the West is a function of our Christian ethos - ('belief' and 'faith' are almost secondary) - sitting in the pews once a week, reminded that we are loved, that we must love, and being with other members of the community irrespective of class, social status etc. is an *extremely* powerful social function. Without this, Europeans would not have been able carve civilization out of the wilderness in the North East. Religious fanaticism notwithstanding.
If you exclude crazy evangelical 'religions', I suggest that if you did a survey, you would find 'conscientiousness' perfectly correlated with Synagogue/Church/Temple/Mosque attendance (to say nothing of actual faith), at least relative to their local peers in civilized culture.
Also - I'm weary that 'conscientiousness' has anything to do with 'organization' - I suggest that they are correlated traits and that is all.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611bf369beddb3381d2fddSabre SbrWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:51:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53611bf369beddb3381d2fdd
Conscientious banker on Wall St..oxymoron.